What do you think, my friend?
(Writings on Buddhism)

Welcome to "What do you think, my friend?". This site contains
a selection of writings on Buddhism.

This site takes a highly personal and practical approach towards Buddhism.
Here, there are no deep philosophical discussions on Anatta or Sunnata.
Just ordinary people like myself sharing insights and experiences on how
Buddhism had benefitted us, and exchanging some nice stories and a few
good jokes about Buddhism.

This is why I named my website "What do you think, my friend?". In this
little corner of cyberspace, there is no Great Master. There is no, "Please
enlighten me, Venerable Sir". There is only a funny guy living his life
and sharing it. There is only, "What do you think, my friend?".

Launched in May 1995, this site is one of the oldest Buddhist sites
on the web.

"Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a
cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas
and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based
on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural
and spiritual, as a meaningful unity" -- Albert Einstein [Ed: Source unknown.
I checked, many books contain this quote, but none offers a reference
or citation]

About this site

The author of this site is Chade-Meng Tan (contactable at: jollybodhi@gmail.com).

Mirror site in Germany

Wolfgang Stanglmeier has generously offered web space on his Germany-based
webserver to mirror this site in Germany. This is done entirely at his
own expense. I would hereby like to express my deepest gratitude to Wolf.
You can now access this site at:

Awards

Editor's Note: Since the birth of my daughter, Enya,
I haven't been able to update this site or reply to most emails as frequently
as I have hoped. I do read all my emails. Please accept my apologies
if I take a month or more to reply to you.